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Re: Packers-Colts Thread

Not saying it will be a win by any means, just saying those are 5 winnable games.

Definitely. These next five games will have a significant impact on how successful this season ends up being. We have the opportunity to achieve something special with all of these mediocre teams coming up on our schedule. I was just cautioning fans in general not to take the Jets lightly. They may not be a good team, but it will still be a tough game for us in the Meadowlands.

These three games at Lucas Oil really could not have gone any better. Yeah we gave away the Jacksonville game, but we also caught some nice breaks against Minnesota and Green Bay. I'll certainly take the net result.

We are 2-2 and I feel that this team is going to compete hard all season. I'm very proud to root for the horseshoe right now.

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I was incredibly impressed with the defense. Remember, before Freeney went out in the Chicago game the defense was killing the Bears and they did an incredible job against the Packers. It will be interesting to see how good they are when they are healthy. Bethea, Powers, and Davis in the secondary is really good. Angerer and Freeman are both pretty good. When you add all those players to Freeney and Mathis and the Redding I think the defense might be the biggest surprise of the season. That's a good collection of players. They just need to fill out the rest of the defensive roster with some decent players, particularly SS.

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I was just cautioning fans in general not to take the Jets lightly. They may not be a good team, but it will still be a tough game for us in the Meadowlands.

I think the Jets are on the verge of total implosion. I may look dumb tomorrow, but I would take Houston tonight even if I had to give 21 points. I'm thinking 38-14, and being very kind with the Jets scoring 14.

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Re: Packers-Colts Thread

I think the Jets are on the verge of total implosion. I may look dumb tomorrow, but I would take Houston tonight even if I had to give 21 points. I'm thinking 38-14, and being very kind with the Jets scoring 14.

I don't disagree with any of that. The Jets are not a good team at all and I wouldn't be surprised if they only won 4 or 5 games. But the Colts did blow a game at home two weeks ago to the Jags, and the Jags are a terrible 1-4 team right now. As bad as the Jets might be, a road game in a hostile environment is still going to be tough for a young team coming off of three straight home games. I'm just trying not to get ahead of myself, because I was ready to pencil the Jags game in for a W after we beat the Vikings.

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How have the Jets fallen this far, this quickly? It's not been that long ago that they knocked the Colts out of the playoffs (ending Manning's Colt career though we didn't know it at the time) and it was a game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Granted, there was some questionable coaching on the Colts part, but the Jets were good enough to get there and put the Colts on the ropes in the first place.... let alone take home a win.

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Re: Packers-Colts Thread

How have the Jets fallen this far, this quickly? It's not been that long ago that they knocked the Colts out of the playoffs (ending Manning's Colt career though we didn't know it at the time) and it was a game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Granted, there was some questionable coaching on the Colts part, but the Jets were good enough to get there and put the Colts on the ropes in the first place.... let alone take home a win.

A lot of those players are no longer there and really we created this situation by giving up on the perfect season and letting them win and well you get the rest.

Re: Packers-Colts Thread

How have the Jets fallen this far, this quickly? It's not been that long ago that they knocked the Colts out of the playoffs (ending Manning's Colt career though we didn't know it at the time) and it was a game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Granted, there was some questionable coaching on the Colts part, but the Jets were good enough to get there and put the Colts on the ropes in the first place.... let alone take home a win.

Not to mention they went to New England the next week and beat the 14-2 Pats.

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A lot of those players are no longer there and really we created this situation by giving up on the perfect season and letting them win and well you get the rest.

We created the situation in 09, but ended up getting the last laugh as we beat them in the AFC Championship game. In 2010, however, they made the playoffs without our help and went to the AFC title game for the second straight year after knocking Peyton and Brady out in back to back weeks.

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The more you watch that 3rd and 12 play the more ridiculous it gets. I don't know what is most impressive, the ability to shake off Matthews, the fact he even knew he was there, or the ridiculous throw he makes with only one foot on the ground and zero space to plant his feet.

Its not just that play. I rewatched the Vikings game on DVR. I'm convinces he either had eyes in the back of his head or his helmet speaker is being left on and someone is screaming at him to get the hell out of the way, because Jared Allen whipped around our LT about 10 times and had him dead to rights, yet never got him.

Luck has a ton of Big Ben in him. He's seriously strong both upper body and lower body. He broke scrambled and ran through atleast 2 leg tackles yesterday. Guys were wrapping him up and falling off him like Matthews in that beautiful gif. It's really amazing. His presence in the pocket is like nothing i've ever seen. Big Ben is the closest too. Oh yah, he's deadly, throwing on the run too. He threw a dart, running to his left, to TY Hilton. He's made about 10 throws on the run this year that have been magnificent.

I'm gunna be honest. He's a MVP canidate right now. There's now arguing that fact. He's been sensational.

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How we perform over the next 5 weeks will have a significant impact on the context in which we end up viewing the 2012 season. We have the opportunity to really do something special here with the cupcake teams that are on the schedule. I'm trying to take it one week at a time though, because we are a team that blew a game to the abysmal Jaguars. However, it's not unreasonable to think that this team could be 5-4 heading into the New England game.

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How we perform over the next 5 weeks will have a significant impact on the context in which we end up viewing the 2012 season. We have the opportunity to really do something special here with the cupcake teams that are on the schedule. I'm trying to take it one week at a time though, because we are a team that blew a game to the abysmal Jaguars. However, it's not unreasonable to think that this team could be 5-4 heading into the New England game.

I was in the group that the Colts had no chance to make the playoffs this year. Looking at the schedule I think it's possible. What a great break we caught playing Houston 2 of the last 3 games. They should have the AFC pretty much wrapped up by then. Those could be the key games to getting us in the playoffs. Houston might be looking for payback for the last decade, but I would bet they would rather face us in the playoffs than other fringe teams because of our inexperience.

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We created the situation in 09, but ended up getting the last laugh as we beat them in the AFC Championship game. In 2010, however, they made the playoffs without our help and went to the AFC title game for the second straight year after knocking Peyton and Brady out in back to back weeks.

True but the Jets were in dire straits of making the playoffs until that game against us and well the rest is history

Sanchez's value wouldn't have been so overinflated and Rex may not have been as boastful(well maybe)

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You gotta think we could be the team that ends Rex Ryan's career as Jets head coach. If we beat them next week I think they will completely implode. Would be interesting poetic justice considering the Jets ended Peyton's career as a Colt.

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You gotta think we could be the team that ends Rex Ryan's career as Jets head coach. If we beat them next week I think they will completely implode. Would be interesting poetic justice considering the Jets ended Peyton's career as a Colt.

Hopefully nobody on the Colts gets hurt(yes I know everyone gets hurt I mean a season ending injury)

Ever since that "Hot Sauce" comment this is who's been out for the season everytime a Jets game is on

Miami game- Revis out for season torn ACL
Niners game- Holmes out for season(lisfranc)
Texans game- Cushing out for season torn ACL
Colts game- ?

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The question is, what do you do with Freeman when he does come back? B/c it's hard to take him out right now. And it's not like you can bench Connor, he's been terrific too....

Thank whatever god you believe in that the Colts finally have 3 solid linebackers for the first time in forever? That's what I'm doing. The front 7 is a nose tackle away from being very formidable. I think Josh Chapman is that missing piece.